Previously, we showed you the benefits of networking for your professional life. Now that you know the impact networking can advance your career, it is time to learn how to network! It isn’t as simple as meeting someone and exchanging business cards. Networking is about establishing a relationship that can be mutually beneficial either presently or…
“It’s not what you know, it’s who you know.” An adage you’ve heard before, but have you applied it to your business world? The people you meet through networking can have a lasting impact on you in many positive ways. These forged connections in your industry or even with colleagues outside of your field can…
“It’s always a good idea to take calls from headhunters—even if the job they’re currently hiring for isn’t the one you want”
If your beloved business networking is not working for you: Face it! Making a career today is nothing less than embracing communication on all possible channels, offline and online.
Aristotle told the Greeks: “Man is by nature a political animal.” Although the reference is to man, it still holds true for women. Office politics is a term almost every working person is familiar with. But in the dictionary of a professional woman, it almost spells like a dirty word. As a woman in the corporate arena, I myself would prefer to keep away from anything I term as office politics.
